This would be Joseph Henry Oades he is in my family tree he was born in Enland emigrated to Canada. Joseph's sister legally accused Joseph of murdering by suffocation his wife. Joseph was acquited by jury trial onApril 13, 1864 in Canada.

This would mean that he was married three times-- to Elizabeth Blake Clark (who died in 1863), to Mary Eliza Hickling (who died in 1871), and Emma Sargent. When were they divorced? Joseph Henry Oades died in 1885.